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** Redcloak once you've read his backstory in ''StartOfDarkness''. [[spoiler:Entire family and village, except his brother, massacred by the supposedly LawfulGood Sapphire Guard. Teamed up with Xykon, who took over Redcloak's own team and demoted him to number 2 after Redcloak himself turned him into a Lich. Forced to kill his brother by Xykon as a twisted loyalty test]]. Recently lost an eye to one of the Sapphire Guard and was forbidden by Xykon (again) from healing it. He remains in service to a potentially world-destroying evil plan which is the only part of his old life that remains.

* Before she [[PowerOfLove mellowed out a bit,]] Galatea fit this trope in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' She explains her position [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/268 thusly.]]

* Before she [[PowerOfLove mellowed out a bit,]] Galatea fit this trope in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' She explains her position [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html thusly.]]

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* Sandra Eastlake from ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl''. After trying for two years to come to terms with accidentally being transformed (through no fault of her own) into an obviously non-human demon who cannot eat or even taste food properly, type properly (her fingers are razor-sharp, foot-long claws), sound normal (her voice sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCYr7Skf_g the modulated noise of a cat being strangled]]), interact within normal society, or even hold a normal job, surviving multiple attempts on her and her friends' lives, being rendered incapable of intimate contact due to her bodily fluids being ''acid'', and becoming her town's very own urban monster legend, she is finally pushed over the edge by a wizard who goes out of his way to ''provoke her into becoming completely evil so that he can successfully poison her with an evil-killing toxin''. When even that fails, he simply drags her to Hell while the whole town stands by and does nothing, because he happened to look more human than she does. She finally snaps when, [[spoiler:''after they both arrive in hell'', he transforms into a demon and threatens to spend the rest of eternity torturing her]]. By that point, she has nothing left to lose. And as icing on the cake, consider that the only reason said wizard even knew about her in the first place is because ''she contacted '''him''' to ask for help''.

** Fluttershy is lured to Nightmare Force with promises of the power to end the Pone Wars (which Rarity had pressured her into fighting in). [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, she wipes out the Alicorn Princesses, bringing the war to an end when she breaks Princess Luna's horn, thus removing the Confederacy's strongest asset.]]

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': "Sleipnope", the powerful entity that has its mind set on killing every single member of the crew, is made of several beings undergoing a FateWorseThanDeath. While its "main" voice is uttering AndYourLittleDogToo threats to the crew's mages (the only one that can hear them), other voices can be heard calling for help.

** Fluttershy is lured to Nightmare Force with promises of the power to end the Pone Wars (which Rarity had pressured her into fighting in). [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, she wipes out the Alicorn Princesses, bringing the war to an end when she breaks Princess Luna's horn, thus removing the Confederacy's strongest asset.]]

* Sandra Eastlake from ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl''. After trying for two years to come to terms with accidentally being transformed (through no fault of her own) into an obviously non-human demon who cannot eat or even taste food properly, type properly (her fingers are razor-sharp, foot-long claws), sound normal (her voice sounds like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCYr7Skf_g the modulated noise of a cat being strangled]]), interact within normal society, or even hold a normal job, surviving multiple attempts on her and her friends' lives, being rendered incapable of intimate contact due to her bodily fluids being ''acid'', and becoming her town's very own urban monster legend, she is finally pushed over the edge by a wizard who goes out of his way to ''provoke her into becoming completely evil so that he can successfully poison her with an evil-killing toxin''. When even that fails, he simply drags her to Hell while the whole town stands by and does nothing, because he happened to look more human than she does. She finally snaps when, [[spoiler:''after they both arrive in hell'', he transforms into a demon and threatens to spend the rest of eternity torturing her]]. By that point, she has nothing left to lose.
** And as icing on the cake, consider that the only reason said wizard even knew about her in the first place is because ''she contacted '''him''' to ask for help''.

* Shadow the Hedgehog from SonicTheComicOnline was created by the Drakons during the war, but his genetic make-up was never completed. After the war, the incomplete Shadow was left in Emerald Hill Zone, along with the Chaos Emeralds for hundreds of years. There he would remain, until he was eventually discovered by Doctor Kintobor. While Kintobor could never work out how to give Shadow a physical form and free him from the Omni Viewer-like container he was trapped in, he taught Shadow all he knows, including geography, science, history and politics leading Shadow to consider Kintobor to be his only friend. Then Sonic turned Kintobor into Robotnik, dooming Shadow's only friend, which lead to Shadow working to carry out his friend's last wish to destroy Mobius.

** Fluttershy is lured to Nightmare Force with promises of the power to end the Pone Wars (which Rarity had pressured her into fighting in). [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, she wipes out the Alicorn Princesses, bringing the war to an end when she breaks Princess Luna's horn and thus removing the Confederacy's strongest asset.]]

* Shadow the Hedgehog from SonicTheComicOnline was created by the Drakons during the war, but his genetic make-up was never completed. After the war, the incomplete Shadow was left in Emerald Hill Zone, along with the Chaos Emeralds for hundreds of years. There he would remain, until he was eventually discovered by Doctor Kintobor. While Kintobor could never work out how to give Shadow a physical form and free him from the Omni Viewer-like container he was trapped in, he taught Shadow all he knows, including geography, science, history and politics leading Shadow to consider Kintobor to be his only friend. Then Sonic turned Kintobor into Robotnik, dooming Shadow's only friend, which lead to Shadow working to carry out his friend's last wish to destroy Mobius.

* Redcloak from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', once you've read his backstory in ''StartOfDarkness''. [[spoiler:Entire family and village, except his brother, massacred by the supposedly LawfulGood Sapphire Guard. Teamed up with Xykon, who took over Redcloak's own team and demoted him to number 2 after Redcloak himself turned him into a Lich. Forced to kill his brother by Xykon as a twisted loyalty test]]. Recently lost an eye to one of the Sapphire Guard and was forbidden by Xykon (again) from healing it. He remains in service to a potentially world-destroying evil plan which is the only part of his old life that remains.

* [[http://hiddendepths.smackjeeves.com/comics/1407376/051-dugtrio/ Dugtrio]] in ''151 Hidden Depths'' ends up destroying cities after being refused to join the Pokemon Police Force.

* Shadow the Hedgehog from SonicTheComicOnline was created by the Drakons during the war, but his genetic make-up was never completed. After the war, the incomplete Shadow was left in Emerald Hill Zone, along with the Chaos Emeralds for hundreds of years. There he would remain, until he was eventually discovered by Doctor Kintobor. While Kintobor could never work out how to give Shadow a physical form and free him from the Omni Viewer-like container he was trapped in, he taught Shadow all he knows, including geography, science, history and politics leading Shadow to considered Kintobor to be his only friend then Sonic turned Kintobor into Robotnik, dooming Shadow's only friend which lead to Shadow when he was complete to carry out his friends last wish to destroy Mobius.

* Shadow the hedgehog from SonicTheComicOnline he created by the Drakons during the war, but his genetic make-up was never completed. After the war, the incomplete Shadow was left in Emerald Hill Zone, along with the Chaos Emeralds for hundreds of years. There he would remain, until he was eventually discovered by Doctor Kintobor. While Kintobor could never work out how to give Shadow a physical form and free him from the Omni Viewer-like container he was trapped in, he taught Shadow all he knows, including geography, science, history and politics leading Shadow to considered Kintobor to be his only friend then Sonic turned Kintobor into Robotnik, dooming Shadow's only friend which lead to Shadow when he was complete to carry out his friends last wish to destroy Mobius.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s Oasis. All she wants is for her one true love to return her love, and until he does, she'll slaughter everything in her path. She ''knows'' that she was essentially brainwashed by Steve Hereti into loving Torg, but can't help it anyway. This, coupled with her not knowing exactly what the hell she is, is slowly driving her insane(er).

*** On a related note, it's not hard to feel awful for The Handmaid's pre-scratch incarnation, [[spoiler:Damara Megido, who started as a sweet, meek young girl and snapped after being bullied incessantly over a bad breakup, which itself was sparked by her boyfriend cheating on her.]] Not that it makes her actions excusable, but it's still heartbreaking.

* [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] during the Rooftop arc in ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''. That cafe scene with Sarah pretty much establishes TheWoobie factor . . . right before he snaps and backslides into a full-on BastardBoyfriend StalkerWithACrush.

* [[PhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] during the Rooftop arc in ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor''. That cafe scene with Sarah pretty much establishes TheWoobie factor . . . right before he snaps and backslides into a full-on BastardBoyfriend StalkerWithACrush.

** How about [[spoiler:Gamzee?]] He's very friendly and silly throughout Part 1 of Act 5, and only goes AxCrazy upon realizing [[spoiler:that the Juggalo religion he followed was really a musical project by a [[InsaneClownPosse couple of Earthlings,]] and thus stops eating the sopor slime which kept him sane.]] It may sound ridiculous on the surface, but when you compare it to human examples of the FaithHeelTurn, you can't help but feel sorry for the poor guy.

** In parent series ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' Jareth actually destroyed a (thankfully just dream)world, when he got pushed too far in the ''Such Stuff...'' arc. (His mother manipulated his SuperpoweredEvilSide into killing his best friend... and no it wasn't a redeeming point that she was aiming at his LoveInterest either.)

** In parent series ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' actually destroyed a (thankfully just dream)world, when he got pushed too far in the ''Such Stuff...'' arc. (His mother manipulated his SuperpoweredEvilSide into killing his best friend... and no it wasn't a redeeming point that she was aiming at his LoveInterest either.)

* [[PhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] during the Rooftop arc in GirlsNextDoor. That cafe scene with Sarah pretty much establishes TheWoobie factor . . . right before he snaps and backslides into a full-on BastardBoyfriend StalkerWithACrush.

* [[PhantomOfTheOpera Erik]] fully backslides into this during the Rooftop arc in GirlsNextDoor. That cafe scene with Sarah pretty much establishes TheWoobie factor . . . and then he snaps

* [[http://hiddendepths.smackjeeves.com/comics/1407376/051-dugtrio/ Dugtrio]] in ''151 Hidden Depths'' ends up destroying cities after being refused to join the Pokemon Police Force.

* Before she [[PowerOfLove mellowed out a bit,]] Galatea fit this trope in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' She explains her position [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html thusly.]]

* Yonatan from ''FakeNewsRumble''. The only reason he's helping [[BigBad the Dark One]] with the destruction of worlds is because of his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance unrequited crush on his childhood friend]], who sought power.
* Sandra Eastlake from ''ZebraGirl''. After trying for two years to come to terms with accidentally being transformed (through no fault of her own) into an obviously non-human demon who cannot eat or even taste food properly, type properly (her fingers are razor-sharp, foot-long claws), sound normal (her voice sounds like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJCYr7Skf_g the modulated noise of a cat being strangled]]), interact within normal society, or even hold a normal job, surviving multiple attempts on her and her friends' lives, being rendered incapable of intimate contact due to her bodily fluids being ''acid'', and becoming her town's very own urban monster legend, she is finally pushed over the edge by a wizard who goes out of his way to ''provoke her into becoming completely evil so that he can successfully poison her with an evil-killing toxin''. When even that fails, he simply drags her to Hell while the whole town stands by and does nothing, because he happened to look more human than she does. She finally snaps when, [[spoiler:''after they both arrive in hell'', he transforms into a demon and threatens to spend the rest of eternity torturing her]]. By that point, she has nothing left to lose.

* The golem girls in ''WapsiSquare'' played this role once. They were tortured until their wills were completely broken, then they were turned into a weapon. They ended up rampaging and destroying most of the world. Since then, civilizations have been rebuilt, and they have had their free will returned.